Derek Whitson (born 21 June 1989) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.

[1] He was a member of the Canadian sledge hockey team that won the silver medal at the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge,[1] as well as the one that competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics.

[1] He was also a member of team who won the gold medal in the 2013 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships in Korea.

[2] Whitson also is a player of football 7-a-side, in which he won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

[1] Whitson moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta in 2014 where he then became engaged to Tara Chisholm who is the current coach of the Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team.